Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reported, Oct 12, 2026

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  "report": {
    "id": "325737",
    "via": "api",
    "incident": "2026-10-12T09:00:02",
    "incident_end": null,
    "received": "2026-10-12T22:15:05",
    "closed": "2026-10-16T13:39:20",
    "modified": "2026-10-16T13:39:20",
    "date_unknown": false,
    "site_name": "SSO - Warrenton Town STP - E Shirley Ave",
    "address": "354 E Shirley Ave",
    "city": "Warrenton",
    "zip": "20186",
    "county_city": "Fauquier County",
    "region": "Northern",
    "status_text": "Closed",
    "categories": [
      "Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
      "Risk Tier Referred"
    ],
    "waterbody": null,
    "other_waterbody": null,
    "original_waterbody": null,
    "water_threatened": "N",
    "low": null,
    "high": null,
    "unit": null,
    "ssors": null,
    "nrc": [],
    "vdem": null,
    "epa": null,
    "facility_name": "Town of Warrenton Lift Station",
    "facility_permitted": "Y",
    "responsible_company": "Town of Warrenton",
    "still_occurring": "N"
  },
  "text": {
    "incident_comment": "A deer clogged the pipe at the Town of Warrenton lift station below Taylor Middle School, causing a sewage overflow estimated at 4,200 gallons. The alarm at the lift station notified Town staff, and a crew was dispatched to remove the blockage. A grass buffer separates the manhole from the nearby stream. Most sludge is believed to have settled in a low-lying area; however, some material may have entered the stream. Lime was applied to the affected grassed areas near the manhole and lift station.",
    "location_comment": "Lift station between Brumfield School and Taylor Middle School",
    "closure_comment": "Blockage was removed and lime was applied to the affected grassed area near the manhole and lift station. 5- day letter received on 10-13-2026. No further action required at this time."
  },
  "sewage": [
    {
      "duration_h": null,
      "component": "Manhole",
      "component_id": 1,
      "volume_gal": 4200,
      "volume_unknown": "N",
      "wet_weather": "N",
      "treated": "Y",
      "precipitation_in": null,
      "causes": [
        "Blockage"
      ],
      "impacts": [],
      "corrective_action": "A deer was clogged in the pipe which created the sewage backup. The Deer was removed and flow returned to normal. Lime has been placed on the grassed area by the manhole and lift station.",
      "steps_taken": null,
      "component_comment": "Lift Station",
      "other_cause": null
    }
  ],
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      "at": "2026-10-12T22:15:10",
      "type": "Call Received"
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      "at": "2026-10-13T11:32:23",
      "type": "Under Investigation"
    },
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      "at": "2026-10-13T11:32:24",
      "type": "Assigned"
    },
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      "at": "2026-10-13T11:33:15",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-13T11:33:21",
      "type": "Program Participant Assigned"
    },
    {
      "at": "2026-10-16T13:39:20",
      "type": "Closed Call/IR"
    }
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  "created_in_prep": "2026-10-12T22:15:10",
  "event_type_basis": "DEQ category Sanitary Sewer Overflow",
  "permit": {
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    "deq_vpdes_links": [
      "VA0021172"
    ],
    "ms4": null,
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    "basis": "DEQ's VPDES link on the report"
  },
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  },
  "volume_basis": "sewage report discharge volume (gallons)",
  "_ended_at_basis": null,
  "_time_basis": "PReP API times are local wall-clock times with no zone, read as America/New_York. The export table stores local time + 5 h all year (decoded by subtracting 5 h); the EDMA point layer stores local time labelled as UTC (decoded by reading the UTC clock as local).",
  "water_placement": {
    "text": null,
    "towns": [
      "Warrenton",
      "Fauquier County"
    ],
    "notes": null,
    "echo_outfall": null
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  "point": {
    "lat": 38.701108,
    "lon": -77.793081,
    "layer": "DEQ EDMA layer 175 (PReP Reports, Daily)",
    "reference_point": "PG",
    "note": "DEQ's geocode of the report's site address (REFERENCE_POINT 'PG'), not an outfall point",
    "edma_incident": "2026-10-12T09:00:02-04:00",
    "edma_received": "2026-10-12T22:15:05-04:00"
  },
  "attribution": "DEQ is the data source. DEQ does not certify that this data represents a complete record. This data is provided to the citizens of the Commonwealth free of charge and for informational purposes only.",
  "api_url": "https://portal.deq.virginia.gov/prep/api/prepReports/325737?expand=prepStatusCode,prepUnitTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepComponentTypeCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageCauses.prepCauseCode,prepReportSewages.prepSewageImpacts.prepImpactTypeCode,prepReportReleaseSubtypes.prepReleaseSubtypeCode,prepReportPermitViews,prepOriginalReport,prepReportEvents.prepEventTypeCode,prepFipsCode.fipsRegion"
}

Source: Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP), Northern Regional Office via Virginia DEQ Pollution Response Program (PReP) pollution reports, sewage-related, record 325737, reported Oct 12, 2026, 10:15 PM EDT, retrieved 2026-11-03 02:40 UTC · Read the original notice

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